Locals help national team

Five Peninsula residents have helped the Australian Taekwon-Do team bring home several medals from the International Taekwon-Do Federation World Championships and European World Cup.

The Championships were held in Birmingham, England, and the students from the Peninsula who represented Australia were Penny Childs, Luke Watson, Tara Alamango, Ken Dixon and Instructor Gary King.

Ms Childs said thousands of Taekwon-Do practitioners from all over the world attended the five day competition.

"The atmosphere was one of friendship and excitement," Ms Childs said.

"The Australian Team brought home two gold, five silver, and 15 bronze medals.

"The Central Coast members of the Australian Team competed in all World Championship disciplines including sparring, patterns, power breaking and special technique, with everyone performing at their best, and achieving positions in the top 10 in the world.

"These wer wonderful results for instructor Gary King, who won the bronze medal in men's open power breaking, and for Tara Alamango, who won the bronze medal in women's micro weight sparring."

Ms Childs said that, in the European World Cup, Ken Dixon competed in patterns and sparring, winning the gold medal in men's sparring.

Press release, 19 Nov 2007 Penny Childs, Authentic Taekwon-Do